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blocker (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:44 PM Original message |
Jim Webb as Obama's VP |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. I like it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not a Webb fan, but |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I agree! NT |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've always liked that idea. For Hillary, too, should she get the nom. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Webb isn't perfect, but I am not sure anyone is. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. North Carolina's electoral votes in 2004 would have been nice, |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I hope we're going to deliver this time... nt |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I assume you haven't looked at the partisan voting index for NC and VA? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:20 PM Original message |
Rasmussen poll of VA: McCain 49% Obama 44%. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. SUSA Poll of VA: Obama 51%, McCain 45% (Feb 19) |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes, the fact that Jim Webb would make VA close is an argument for him. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. He has to be the pick. I've said that for a while |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What foreign policy experience? Obama actually has more. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Here |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I'm not seeing much FP experience. Military creds, yes, but |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. More impressive than I thought -- wow. nt |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Webb has a LOT of foreign policy expeience:Secretary of Navy...Assistant Secretary of Defense for |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That's not foreign policy, that's defense--two separate things. It's good experience, however, and |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Webb's vote in favor of retroactive immunity for phone companies gives me pause. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. They all have votes we absolutely disagree with - |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Webb would be PERFECT for Obama. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Very little foreign policy experience, only a Senate freshman, wrote some books |
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From The Left (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. About the same experience as John Kennedy |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Uh, no. Kennedy had much more elected experience than Webb, and |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. I hear what you are saying but |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. I really like this part about his credentials |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Jack Reed. Also a military guy, a very smart West Point and Harvard grad, |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I was wondering who you were leaning toward -- |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. ... |
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From The Left (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think Webb could work |
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blocker (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. So we all agree he needs someone with military experience? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I don't. I would be fine with an Obama/Edwards ticket. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Terrible idea. He wrote an article called "Women Can't Fight". He really IS a sexist. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. I like Webb but have a concern... |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. Some passages from his war novels scare me away. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. We're going to hear all about that--I remember that from his VA run. And it's icky. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I thought that incident was a fact |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. I don't care for him but he is on the short list |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. Actually, I wouldn't want this because, |
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